Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 27 July 2024. ‘We do not have to be defined or limited by our sins, failures or disappointments. Not when the glory of the fulness of Jesus Christ is just waiting to be poured over and into us.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 July 2024. ‘So yes, we are all sheep without a shepherd until we receive Jesus Christ.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 July 2024. ‘The lessons of King David, King Herod and of the church in Ephesus are all there for us to receive and ponder.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 July 2024. ‘Our ministries and areas of Christian service are never our possessions. They are always those areas of serving that are entrusted to us by the Lord.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 23 June 2024. ‘Never just a feeling or an emotion – rather a living truth that transcends all other realities.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 9 June 2024. ‘Those who follow the purposes of God in their lives are also those to whom He has dedicated His life.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 2 June 2024. ‘We also are here for the sake of the Lord and in order to offer a light and a hope to others.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 26 May 2024. ‘At Christmas we celebrate God coming into the world in Jesus; at Easter we celebrate His victory over sin and death. At Pentecost we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. And at Trinity we celebrate all three at once.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 19 May 2024. ‘Faith, hope and love all abide – and the greatest is love, which we need to be grown within us and among us.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 12 May 2024. ‘Humanity is rife in its selection of personal resentments, all demanding redress and restitution. But none of this remotely sets aside the glory and wonder of Jesus Christ, risen and ascended.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 April 2024. ‘Jesus is not going away, even when things feel dark and foreboding. He is as much with us in those times of trial and temptation as in times of light and peace and joy.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 April 2024. ‘God is always with us. Like a shepherd – calling us, healing us, tending us, leading us into new pastures, with fresh food and water and shelter.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 April 2024. ‘Here is love – and it starts with God and His total self-giving.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 31 March 2024. ‘That is why we gather together, why we worship and find that in the presence of God we also have an identity and a purpose that can never be matched by the wealth, the opulence or even the scientific knowledge of the world.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Maundy Thursday, 28 March 2024. ”Do this in Remembrance of Me’ would become a command to love one another, as they allowed His love to flow through them.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 March 2024. ‘Is self the measure of all that we do and are? Is it humanity in its many forms of community and its political doctrines, each locality choosing its own model? Or might it be God?’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 18 February 2024. ‘We can make a better sense of the things that hold us back – especially the things that do not have to.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 11 February 2024. ‘The Holy Spirit is still promised to us, to support us in need and to strengthen us in weakness. To bring us to the fulness of Jesus Christ and to support us as we seek to abide in Him.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 28 January 2024. ‘It is when people are more uncertain that perhaps the gospel message can offer a different set of assurances. The peace of God can still live in us when others want to threaten.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 21 January 2024. ‘Are there areas of failure, guilt, regret, inadequacy, shame or anguish? Then we may lay them before the Lord, for we do not have to be defined by them.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 14 January 2024. ‘What we need is the power of Jesus Christ in our lives – to endow us with His personal presence and authority.’

Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 7 January 2024. ‘This is a confident Mary, proud of her first-born, contented in her home. There is nothing defensive here, no cowering in fear.’